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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements is true about the older victim?

2. What is Dupin's only luxury?

3. Which of the following words describes The Narrator?

4. Who speaks through a translator at the court case for the murders?

5. Which of the following did the policeman use to describe the second voice he heard inside the Rue Morgue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the killer killed the two women.

2. What are Dupin's thoughts about the voices the neighbors overheard?

3. What is one example of Dupin's analytical skills put to use?

4. Describe the interview that the laundress gave.

5. What was the result of the sailor coming clean about the orangutan?

6. Why did Dupin place an ad in the paper?

7. Could Dupin's analytical skills be a curse, or a bad thing? Why or why not?

8. How do the neighbors react to the murders at the Rue Morgue?

9. Why did a struggle erupt between the sailor and the orangutan?

10. Why does Dupin believe that the sailor is innocent in the crimes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Dupin solve the murders? What conclusions does he come to?

Essay Topic 2

What is Poe's purpose in beginning the story with an epigraph?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Dupin want to help solve the murder? Does he feel it is his responsibility or does he have another reason?

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